"I'm not leaving!"
A clear and resolute voice suddenly rang out behind me, filled with unwavering determination — — I know that this word isn't grammatical in this situation, but at this moment, I was already at my wit's end. Let's not dwell on the trivial stuff in the first year middle school textbook.
If I say that I'm causing trouble, then so be it. After all, there's Lin Xue, that weirdo, and I've been messed up quite a few times. But why did it have to be the calmest, smartest, and most sensible — — Poison Island Chestnut, causing trouble for me?
Be my 'Senior Chestnut' lass!
"… I'm not leaving …"
After being stared at by me for about half a minute, Poison Island wasn't like Lin Xue, who could almost be picked out from the human genome with her thick skin. This 18 year old female high school student's defense was completely reflected in her frontal armor, which was at least 83D. In other words, her skin was rather thin. (Don't tell me that this analogy was written with her face on the keyboard?) But with a slight awkwardness, Poison Island Chestnut firmly reiterated her thoughts.
At that moment, I felt that the words on Komuro's face from the previous chapter were about to be transferred to my face.
"Chestnut, obey my orders. Now isn't the time to be willful!"
My face darkened and I couldn't help but become serious. Right now, there was a Gate of the Abyss behind us, ready to blow up the entire Empire's fleet. No matter where that thing was originally hidden, I believed that it definitely had the strength to fight against us. (Other than Lin Xue's pliers and screwdrivers, the only thing that could cause the main computer of the Empire Admiral to be on the highest alert was the powerful Gate of the Abyss.) Now that Poison Island suddenly threw a tantrum for no reason, it was no wonder that I was a little anxious — — I even casually used the name Chestnut, which was easy to say but a little abrupt.
"I'm not your soldier …" Poison Island immediately retorted before he turned his head away. "I'm sorry, but I don't think it's right for me to hide in a safe place and let you and your soldiers face that kind of … thing. Besides, it's my cowardice that has affected your decision, isn't it? The EOP-03 was supposed to be launched yesterday afternoon, but you delayed it until now. If it wasn't for that, maybe that thing wouldn't have been launched at all … "
"Senior Poison Island?" Miyamoto Rei looked at the tall purple-haired girl beside her in surprise. The girl's handsome eyes seemed to be avoiding Miyamoto Rei's gaze. "Did you already know Chen's plan?"
"I'm sorry." Poison Island lowered his head. "But I'm afraid that you won't be able to accept it. Actually, back in the City of Shadows, the prophet …"
Initially, it was just for the sake of his companions. He didn't want this nightmare to befall them too soon, but in the end, it turned into such an embarrassing situation for everyone. At the end of the day, Poison Island was just an 18-year-old high school student. Even though she had her own unique strength and sharpness, she also had a weak side that belonged to her age. No one could blame her for it.
"Battlecruisers carrying refugees, retreat. All Yamato Cannons are charged and ready to fire. Holy Mother Ships, get ready to create a spatial rift. The main weapons of the Empire's warships are locked onto the position of the planet's core. Once the rear is exposed, open fire." The Earth was now filled with deep rifts. The ocean was boiling and turning into thick clouds. Under the unprecedented storm, the surface of the planet had already been scorched. I couldn't care less about Poison Island's matter. I hurriedly issued a series of orders. Then, I added, "All warships of the New Eden Federation, take note. Without orders from the flagship, do not open fire! The consequences of triggering the Gate of the Abyss prematurely are unimaginable! "
The humans and the Proteus army that we brought had never had the experience of fighting the Abyss head-on. They hadn't even seen any creatures infected by the Abyss outside the Empire's training grounds. (The creatures on the training grounds were ferocious beasts that the Empire soldiers had captured from various worlds. As for the source of the Abyss energy, it was provided by a certain good-for-nothing who was willing to do anything as long as he was given food.) Thus, I had to remind them of these matters. After all, although we had sent instructors to guide these armies, it was inevitable for newbies to make mistakes. Especially when it came to the Empire's teaching materials that cost several gigabytes … I was really worried that even a fanatical Schilling technology apprentice like Proteus wouldn't be able to finish reading them in his lifetime.
Of course, I didn't expect these troops from the New Eden Federation to be of much use in the war. To put it bluntly, these spaceships combined probably wouldn't be as powerful as a single Empire battleship. Of course, the Holy Mother Ship that was heavily equipped with Schilling equipment might be an exception. However, the main purpose of these spaceships was to harass and buy us some time.
"Chestnut, your determination isn't bad. Unfortunately, the current situation is far from what you can imagine." After assigning tasks to the various divisions, I tilted my head slightly. "I'm sorry, but I'm afraid that I won't be able to divert my attention to take care of you later. Furthermore, the delayed launch of the EOP-03 isn't the main culprit behind the current situation. That kind of bomb won't be able to destroy the Gate of the Abyss."
These words would probably be hurtful to the prideful Poison Island. However, the latter only fell silent for a moment before flashing an understanding smile at me. "Is that so? I understand now. The women of the Poison Island family wouldn't drag us down at such a time. However, if that's the case, I will never be able to make up for what I owe you."
Don't say that. If a certain prophet hears you, you will owe me even more.
"Mercury Lamp, you go with them as well."
After the Academy Roach Squad was ordered to retreat, I suddenly noticed that there was another person beside me who had nothing to do with the war: a 92.3cm tall girl who sat on the railing of the command platform with a nonchalant expression as she stared at the giant holographic projection below her. I couldn't tell if she was daydreaming or daydreaming or daydreaming or daydreaming.
Mercury Lamp glanced at me before suddenly asking a question that came out of nowhere, "That … Even though it can't be seen or touched, it's something really scary, right?"
"Of course! Every time they appear, my vacation will be ruined!"
"Now, you want to fight against those invisible things, and you only have a few hundred battleships that are like a ragtag army?"
Renault and Zeratul would definitely cry until they vomited blood. Furthermore, space battleships and battleships were two different concepts!
However, I still nodded my head. I didn't know what this doll was trying to say.
"I'm not leaving."
Finally, Mercury Lamp spat out these three words with determination.
I was speechless.
It's fine if it's Kuwako Kanejima, but you, a little puppet who can't even compare to Pandora and even needs to work hard in front of Little Bubbles, have to use such vulgar words to disgust me? Do you know what the current situation is, Mr. Chairman?!
"If you die, I will never be able to go back." Mercury Lamp suddenly raised her head and looked at me, "Even though I am a doll, I am much smarter than an idiot like you. I can see that the only person who is truly acting like an idiot and running errands for us unrelated wanderers is you. The others, including that scary big sister, are only acting under your influence. So, if you die, no one will care whether I can go home or not. So, I won't leave. I will stay here and watch."
Mercury Lamp had a stubborn expression as she spoke out her thoughts word by word.
What a stubborn and unreasonable fellow. Did he have to use such an infuriating method just to say a few nice words occasionally?
Your observation skills are really unflattering. I admit that the girls around me are a little weird. For example, Venomous Tongue Snow, Naturally Black Bones Liliana, Curious Storm Xu Shallow Shallow, Queen of Gluttony Sandora, en, and Big Sister Black Mountain Witch … Ah, I definitely have to cut this off. In short, even though the girls around me are a little weird and they occasionally play tricks on you, they definitely don't have any prejudice against you. So, don't worry, after I die, they will definitely inherit my will …
Speaking of which, why am I imagining myself dying, you bastard! Mercury Lamp, you are doing this on purpose, right?!
"Eh? Idiot, you … Wah! Put me down! Put me down, you rude fellow! Don't think that just because I treat you well these few days, you can do whatever you want! Hey! Why is your face suddenly so dark! "
You infuriating, hateful puppet who made me fall into a strange state with just a few words, go back to the civilian district and repent!
I unceremoniously grabbed Mercury Lamp by the back of his collar. This time, I completely ignored Mercury Lamp's protests and directly tossed him into the teleportation device. This special teleportation device was directly connected to a special room in the Mars Sanctuary. Originally, it was meant to be used as the command center for the Mars Sanctuary, but now it was temporarily used to imprison a certain puppet.
"Bastard! You bastard human! I will definitely remember this! Hurry up and let me out of this damn place … "
Mercury Lamp's angry roar echoed in the control room. I decisively turned off the communication device.
"The Gate of the Abyss is beginning to materialize. Current attack is effective. Space Baiter is ready. Warning, Earth's core has been detected. The target planet is about to explode."
"Launch EOP-03." Standing on the officer's platform, I looked down at the Earth that was gradually turning into a bloody black eyeball. I finally gave the order, "Even if I can't get rid of that thing, I have to break through a layer of armor. All fleets, pay attention. Three minutes after the planet starts to melt, fire at will. Hit those black spheres!"
The dazzling light sphere that had been orbiting the Earth received the order to descend. In a way that completely defied the common sense of physics, it turned at a right angle at dozens of times the speed of sound and smashed into the Earth's crust.
After two to three seconds of silence, a huge light sphere exploded from the point of contact between EOP-03 and the Earth's crust. After several expansions and contractions, the energy bound in the star incendiary bomb that was specially made for burning glass spheres began to expand rapidly in the form of a field effect. A series of gray shockwaves directly wiped out a quarter of the Earth's crust that was initially attacked, and the burning psionic flames evaporated the entire planet's ecosystem before these shockwaves.
Life, the miracle of probability that the Earth, the cradle that took billions of years to breed, the thing that was once regarded by humans as the most brilliant treasure in the galaxy, returned to chaos within a few minutes. Along with the countries, cities, glorious ancient civilizations, art crystals, skyscrapers, pyramids, and city management courtyards created by humans, they suddenly dissipated under this monstrous purification fire.
The refugees who had not yet entered the teleporter gradually stopped in their tracks. Countless pairs of eyes stared at the holographic projection suspended in the space of the spaceship. They watched as their hometown turned from a blue pearl into a fragmented ruin, and then melted into a bright mass of molten matter. Under the silent scene, someone finally began to sob softly.
This was like a signal. Gradually, low cries began to spread. The initial panic, fear, madness, struggle, and gradually numbness, despair, and now, everything was fixed in the sobs of 280,000 humans.
No one complained anymore, no one cursed anymore. Ever since they had just learned through the internal broadcast that some kind of terrifying energy had long been parasitic on their planet, everyone was in such a strange state of peace. They watched their home inexplicably fall apart and burn, and then they supported each other as they walked into the faintly glowing dimensional door in front of them in low sobs. This was the collective consciousness of a race: everything, is over.
In front of the crowd, a blonde "girl" who was guiding the movement of the refugees was also looking at the huge projection of the Earth. Then she lowered her head and silently drew a cross.
The Earth, which was originally full of cracks, had finally temporarily recovered its integrity. It had become a flawless smooth droplet — the entire planet had melted.
"The parasitic Abyss energy in the target planet has reacted with our EOP-03, multiplying the power of the psionic field," a commander of the Empire who was in charge of monitoring the effects of the attack reported loudly. "The reaction from the Gate of the Abyss is still there."
Nonsense, if that thing could be destroyed just like that, would I still need to send the refugees back?!
Our sudden attack seemed to have caused a certain degree of interference to the forming Gate of the Abyss. The energy that was originally expected to explode in three minutes was silent for a full ten minutes. This gave the refugees who did not have psionic shields and were more vulnerable to the Abyss infection due to their weak bodies to completely evacuate.
But what was meant to come still came. The Earth that had completely melted into a bright "droplet" turned into an oblate ellipsoid with a radius of eighty thousand kilometers under the force of its own rotation. It appeared to be extremely smooth at first, but as time passed, a large number of bubbles gradually appeared on its surface, as if gas was produced inside. Some dark things wandered out of these bubbles, almost invisible to the naked eye, but under the filter of observation equipment, they were clearly marked out.
Those were some "shadows" on the two-dimensional level, without thickness, mass, strength, or any other physical characteristics. They were not projected on the surface of the liquid Earth, but suspended hundreds of kilometers above the latter, just like a shadow that existed out of thin air. I could not understand how the shadows could be produced under the illumination that had no blind spots, and without any usable objects to rely on, but they existed just like that, and caused the melting planet below them to become even more violent.
This was the first time I saw the form of the "Abyss" without being infected by any substance, and they gave me a strange and … uncomfortable feeling.
"Release the bait!"
The command from the command source was swiftly transmitted to every ejection channel, and thousands of black exits opened on both sides of the long axis of the Empire Admiral's lower body. Countless blue diamond-shaped particles that glowed with starlight floated out of these exits, and then instantly accelerated to one-third the speed of light, almost instantly appearing near the two-dimensional shadows.
The "Abyss" in its two-dimensional shadow form was impossible to destroy. Before infecting something, its main body wouldn't even be in the current dimension. Meanwhile, the Baiters were a type of dimensional binding device. They had two functions. The first was to use their beautiful blue surface to attract the Abyss energy that had been thirsty for the Abyss for many years. This process was known as seduction. The second was to release dimensional bindings, wrapping themselves and the Abyss energy in layers from one to eleven dimensions. This process was known as SM … To put it simply, the Baiters were a group of invisible and untouchable Abyss energy that would become living targets for the Abyss.
The spatial baits that were infected by the Abyss energy were swiftly dyed black, and then expanded into pitch-black spheres with a radius of several thousand meters. While the Abyss energy was transformed into a destructive form, the spatial baits were also under the latter's control. The thousands of black spheres transformed into a berserk bomb that suddenly started rushing towards us.
"All battleships, fire at full power!"
The battlecruisers' Yamato cannons, the Proteus aircraft carrier's drone cluster bombardment and photon cannons, as well as the three faith-class space colonization ships' psionic battery matrices that were purely auxiliary, at this moment, a blinding light burst out at the same time, turning into hundreds of thousands of bright lines of fire that illuminated the dark space, hitting the black spheres that appeared to be targets. Immediately, violent explosions began to connect tens of thousands of kilometers in front of the Empire's fleet, interweaving into a brilliant curtain wall.
The Schilling technology's enhancement to the New Eden Federation's army was finally evident at this moment: the Proteus drones that had collectively been equipped with psionic shields (secondary) not only had powerful attacks, but they could also launch glorious attacks by themselves as powerful psionic bombs. The Curved Light Battleship's photon jet no longer required any energy storage. The focusing crystal installed on their front mechanical arms now used the Iron Hammer 40K brand Dour crystal produced by the Empire's Seiko Sixth Factory. In an instant, it could allow the Curved Light Battleship to launch attacks at 375% power, and it could also support two times the overload without being damaged. The most evolved were the human battlecruisers that originally had a low technological starting point. Because we liked their mighty appearance, we also modified them in the direction of "mighty". Bubble improved a kind of main cannon charging device that was eliminated by the Xiling Empire's military a long time ago due to its cumbersome size and low efficiency. Furthermore, we used Schilling battleship alloy to recast the main structure of the Yamato cannons. Now, the new generation of "Chieftain" battlecruisers were equipped with the Yamato cannons …
The triple-mounted Yamato cannons … were the single-shot version with enhanced power.
Perhaps the single-shot power couldn't compare to the Proteus warships, but with enough power, they could take down the latter's aircraft carrier. I have to say, just like most of the Imperial Army's engineering experts, my child's mother's bottom line was also very low …
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